| Event Id | 2005 |
| Source | LPR Print Monitor |
| Description | The LPR print monitor failed to open a temporary file while spooling output for port "<ip address>:<printer name>". The system may be low on disk space, or the spool directory might have mistakenly been write-protected. |
| Event Information | If you use the line printing (LPR) utility to set up a line printer, when you try to print a document, you may receive the following error message in Microsoft Event Viewer CAUSE: This issue can occur in any of the following scenarios: You do not have the appropriate permissions to the spool folder that is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Spool\Printers by default. You added a print component such as TCP/IP printing and did not reapply the service pack that the operating system is currently running on. In this case, the spooler files are mismatched. The Everyone group does not have Read permissions. RESOLUTION: To resolve this issue: On the Printers folder, click Server Properties on the File menu, and then click the Advanced tab to check the permissions on the spool folder. Configure default permission on the Printers folder and all folders below it. Confirm the permissions on the system root and volume root, and then make sure that the Everyone group has at least Read permissions. Run the following command to confirm that the destination LPR port that is created is actually a port to a valid Line Printer Daemon (LPD) server: lpq -s server IP address or host name -p print queue name For example, to test to see if a physical printer with the IP address of 192.168.1.15 and a queue name of RAW is available as an LPD, run the following command line: lpq -s 192.168.1.15 -p RAW Depending on the printer, when you run the command, either a blank line, or the following data is displayed: Windows 2000 LPD Server Printer \\192.168.1.15\RAW Owner Status Jobname Job-Id Size Pages Priority |
| Reference Links | Event ID 2005 Message Occurs When You Print to a Line Printer Unable to Print to Windows NT LPR Printers After Applying SP |
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